Friday, April 11, 2014

ANOTHER WEEK GONE BY

Ok so I went to my rheumy this week and now I have to wait till blood work comes back that I had done today to make sure he could start me on cellcept. He told me about it that I am going to be taking it twice a day and it's an old med and pretty much like the other meds I've been on like imuran. I was on that for years.
he also said I still should go get all those other tests I was supposed to get for benlysta just in case this don't work. So Tuesday I call his office and hopefully they'll call me in a script. Oh yeah I forgot the took me off my lefunimide now just on prednisone. I am looking foward to feeling better

Yes this is how I feel everyday. I had to get dressed this morning to go get blood work then came home and back in the pjs

What is Lupus?

Lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body (skin, joints, and/or organs inside the body). Chronic means that the signs and symptoms tend to last longer than six weeks and often for many years. In lupus, something goes wrong with your immune system, which is the part of the body that fights off viruses, bacteria, and germs ("foreign invaders," like the flu). Normally our immune system produces proteins called antibodies that protect the body from these invaders. Autoimmune means your immune system cannot tell the difference between these foreign invaders and your body’s healthy tissues ("auto" means "self") and creates autoantibodies that attack and destroy healthy tissue. These autoantibodies cause inflammation, pain, and damage in various parts of the body.